UCLA Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies

Title Directory: African Liberation Movements and Support Groups

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Journal Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 3(2)

ISSN 0041-5715

Author Berman, Sanford

Publication Date 1972

DOI 10.5070/F732016403

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DII{CfORY: AFRICAN LIBERATIOO r1MltNTS AND

SIFffiRT ---GIUPS*· by Sanford Berman

(Ed. Note: Both this Directory and the Spring 1972 Bib Ziogrc:q;hy, "African Liberation Movements 11 (Vo Z. III, No. 1) will be regularly updated by the compiler in future issues. Additions and corrections should be directed to the Compiler, c/o UFAHAMU.)

AFRICAN LIBERATIOO fiMI'fNTS

Frente Nacional de Libertacao de (FNLA/Angolan National -Liberation Front)§ ·- Founded in 1962 by merger of Uniao dos Populacoes de Angola (UPA) and Partido Democratico Angolano (PDA). Established Governo Revolucionario de Angola no Exilio (GRAE/Angolan Revolutionary Government in Exile) 1962. Leader and GRAE Premier: . Republic: Ministere de l'Information, Planet Economie, G.R.A.E., B.P. 1320, Kinshasa. Organ: Actualites (no. 3 dated March 1971). §[Recognized by the O.A.U.]

*Dates in parentheses f ollowing periodical titles repre­ sent first year of pubZication. The abbreviation "AIP" indicates that a full list of material may be found in the 2nd ed. of Alternatives in Print (Columbus, Ohio: Office of Educational Services, Ohio State University Libraries, 1972). -172-

Movimento _PopuZar de Libertaaao de AngoZa (MPLA/PeopZe's Movement for the Liberation of AngoZa/Mouvement PopuZaire pour Za Liberation de Z'AngoZa)§ - Founded 10 Dec. 1956. "Revolutionary action" begun at , 4 Feb. 1961. First Regional Conference inside Angola held 23 Aug . 1968. President: Dr. Antonio . Congo (People's Republic): Departement de 1 'Information et Propagande, B.P. 2353, Brazzaville. Bi-monthly French-1 anguage "organe d' Information et de combat" : Vitoria ou morte. 50 Francs CFA or 1 Franc FF p.a. (surface), 15 FF (air). : DIP Delegation, Mkwepu Street, P.O. Box 20793, Dares Salaam (phone: 24292); P.O. Box 750, Mbeya (phone : 297). English-language "information organ" (8-page letterpress tabloid): AngoZa in arms {1967). $2 p.a. (Africa), $4 (U.S.A./Canada/Asia), Shs. 10/- (Tanzania), $3 (Latin America). Also available from LSM Information Center @ $5 p.a. U.S.: 191 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201. Representatives: Abdel Guimares, Pedro Sousa. Zambia: P.O . Box 1595, Lusaka. Note: MPLA-SAM (Service de Assistencia Medica) at same address. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.]

Uniao NaaionaZ Para ~ Independenaia TotaZ de AngoZa (UNITAl NationaZ Union for the TotaZ Independence of AngoZa) § -Founded March 1966. President: Dr. Joseph Savimbi. U.S. c/o S. Lukata, 203 West 74th Street, New York, N.Y. 10023. Zambia: Information Department, P.O. Box 2246, Lusaka.

§[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.] -173-

Mouvement pour Z'Autodetermination et Z'Independence de l 'Archipel Canarien (MPAI AC/Movement for the SeZf­ Determi1ation and Independence of the Canary Archi­ pelago) - Founded in 1964 "to establish in time a Socialist Republic on the African Archipelago of the Canary Islands." : B.P. 216, Algiers §[Recognition granted - Full formal recognition by the O.A.U. pending.]

Mouvement de Liberation Nationale des Comoros (MOLINACO/ National~iberation Moveme nt of the Comoros )§ -Founded 1963. Secretary-General: Abdou Bakari Boina; Assistant Secretary-General: Ali Mohamed Hassani. Tanzania: Chagga Street, P.O. Box 20726, Dar es Salaam (phone: 24372) . Irreg. mimeod vehicle (in Swahili, French, or English): Bulletin (1965) . Free. Postage coupons required for overseas mailings. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.]

------GUHfA-BISSAI.J Frente para ~ Libertacao §!_ Independencia da Guine (FLING/ National Independence Front of Guinea)§ - Founded 1963. Consists of r~ouvement de Liberati on de la Guin~e dite portugaise (MLG) and Union des Populations de Guinee dite portugaise (UPG). MLG leader: Francoise Mendy; UPG leader: Benjamin Pinto-Bull. Senegal: Dakar. §[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.] -174-

Pa:rt ido Africano da Independencia da Guine ~ Cabo Verde (PAI GC/African Pa:rty for the Independence of Guine and )§ - Founded 9 Sept. 1956. Military action on Northern Front launched 30 June 1963. First Congress held in Guine, 13 Feb. 1964. Secretary-General: Amilcar Cabral. Guinea: Secretariat General, B.P. 298, Cona kry. Quarterly French-language bulletin: ActuaZites. English­ language version available from LSM Information Center @ $5 p.a. • Senegal : B. P. 2.319, Dakar. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.]

Comite RevoZucionario de Mocambique (COREMO/ RevoZutiona:ry Committee )§ - Founded 1965 by fusion of five nationalist parties. President: Paulo Jose Gumane; Secretary-General: Absolom T. Bahule. U.S.: 317 West 108th Street, No. 6, New York, N.Y. 10025. Representative: Artur Vilankulu. Issues Newsletter (no. 1 dated Jan. 1972). Zambia: P.O . Box 1493, Lusaka. Mimeod, English-language bulletin: 0 combatent e . §[Semi-Official Recognition granted by the O.A.U.]

Frente de Liber tacao de Mocambique (FRELIMO/Moz ambique Liberation Front)§ - Founded 25 June 1962. Armed revolt begun 25 Sept. 1964. First President, Eduardo C. Mondlane, assassinated 3 Feb. 1969. President: Samora Moises Machel; Vice­ President: Marcelino dos Santos. Algeria: 26 Rue de la Liberte, Algiers. -175-

Tanzania: Information Dept., 201 Nkrumah Street, P.O. Box 15274, Dares Salaam (phone: 28521). Information Secretary: Jorge Rebelo. Quarterly letterpress organ: Mozambique Pevolution (1963). $7 p.a. (Australia/New Zealand/Far East/U.S.A./Canada/ Latin America), £2 (Europe/India/Pakistan/Ceylon), E A Shs. 9/- (East Africa). Also available@ $5 p.a. from LSM Information Center. Occasional booklets and posters sent to MR subscribers at no extra charge. Swahili-language bulletin (1971). Free in East Africa. U.A.R.: Hassan Pasha Assim Street 27, Apt. 10, Zamalek, Cairo. U.S.: 1133 Broadway, Room 341, New York, N.Y. 10010; 98-32 57th Avenue, Apt. 10-A, Brisbane Building, Lefrak City, N.Y. 11368. U.S./U.N. representative: Sharfudine M. Khan. Zambia: P.O. Box 768, Lusaka. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] f'W1IBIA

South West A[riaa National Union (SWANU) § - Acting President: Gerson Veii (imprisoned since 1967); Vice-President: Willie Uatjo Kakueto. Linked with Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. Sweden: SWANU External Council, Studentbacken 25 C/104, 115 40 Stockholm. Quarterly organ: South West A[Piaa review. 16 Sw Kr p.a. (Scandinavia), £1.10 (Europe), US$ 6 (elsewhere). §[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.]

South West A[riaan National United Front (SWANUF) ----:--i)eCTSlon to form "provision a 1 government in exile" announced Sept. 1971 by Mburumba Kerina in New York. §[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.] -176-

Southwest African Peoples' Organisation (SWAPO)§ - Founded 1958. Formerly Ovambo People's Organisation. Armed struggle begun 26 Aug. 1966. President: . Algeria: 20, rue Dirah, Hydra, Algiers. Finland: Leppasuonkatu 7, Domus Academica B 201, Helsinki 10. Sweden: Flaggvagen 3, 18350 Taby. Tanzania: Provisional Headquarters, Kaluta Street, P.O. Box 2603, Dares Salaam (phone: 23749). Bi-monthly bulletin: --today. Irreg. publication: Namibia documentation. U.A.R.: 5, Ahmed Hishmat Street, Zamalek, Cairo. U.K.: 10 Dryden Chambers, 119 Oxford Street, London WlR lPA. Representative: Peter Katjavivi. Issues: Namibia news (1968). 56/- p.a. by air. U.S.: 657 West 16lst Street, Apt. 3F, New York, N.Y. 10032. U.S./U.N. representative: Thea Ben Gurirab. Issues: SWAPO information bulletin. Zambia: P.O. Box 577, Lusaka. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.]

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Comite de Libertacao de Sao Tome ~Principe (CLSTP/Committee for the Liberation of the St. Thomas and Prince Islands)§ -Founded Sept. 1960. Secretary-General: Tomas Medeiros. Gabon: Libreville. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.]

S(Jv1ALIA Front de Liberation de la Cote des Somalis (FLCS/Liberation Pronto[ the SomalrcoastJ9- : Aden. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] -177-

African National CoAlress £[South Afrfch (A.N.C.)§ - Founded 1912. ~1itary aTTrance w1t ZAPU announced 13 August 1967. Acting President: Oliver R. Tambo. Algeria: 5 Ben Maehidi Larbi, Algiers. Canada: 328 Adelaide West, Toronto, Ontario. India: Flat 68, Baghat Singh Market, New Delhi-1. Tanzania: 15 Nkrumah Street, P.O. Box 2239, Dar es Salaam (phone: 28031); Temporary Headquarters, P.O. Box 680, Morogoro. U.A.R.: 5 Ahmad Hishmat Street, Zamalek, Cairo. U.K.: 49 Rathbone Street, London WlA 4NL. Monthly letterpress magazine: Sechaba (1967; totally banned in S.A. 12 May 1967) . Editor and A.N.C. Director of Publicity and Information: M.P. Naicker. 1/- per copy; surface: $6 p.a. (U.S.A./Canada), £1.50 (Europe), £2 (Africa/Asia); air: $12 p.a. (U.S.A./Canada), £4 (elsewhere). Indexes for v. 1-3 priced@ $1 (U.S.A./ Canada), 25p (elsewhere). Subscription also available from LSM Information Center @$5 p.a. Quarterly monograph-series: South African studies (1971). Surface: $1.50 p.a. (U.S.A./Canada), 60p (elsewhere); air: $3 p.a. (U.S.A./Canada), 80p (elsewhere). Occasional pamphlets and posters; e.g., African National Congress: a short history; Southern African revolution;

South Africa3 and Britain (25¢ U.S.A./Canada, lOp elsewhere); Fight against Apartheid (26-page photo album@ $5 U.S.A./Canada, £1.25 elsewhere); Support the struggle for S.A. freedom (24" x 24" poster @25¢ U.S.A./ Canada, 1Op. e 1sewhere) . U.S.: A.N.C. Office to the U.N. and North America, 28 East 35th Street, New York, N.Y . 10016. U.N./U.S.A. repre­ sentative: Thami Mhlambiso~ Zambia: P.O. Box 1791, Lusaka. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.] -178-

Pan-Africanist Co~ess £[Azania (P.A.C.J§ ----- Founded April 59. Formerly: Pan Africanist Congress of . President: Robert Maugatiso Sobukwe (imprisoned 1960-69; now in "restriction"). Tanzania: Exporters Building, Mkwepu Street, P.O. Box 2412, Dares Salaam (phone: 27937). U.A.R.: 5, Ahmed Hishmat Street, Zamalek, Cairo. U.K.: 22a Hillview Gardens, London NW4. Head of PAC Mission in Europe and the Americas: David Maphumzana Sibeko. Monthly "official organ": Azania news (1966; totally banned in S.A. 25 March 1966; pubd. bi-weekly, 1966-69}. Air: $5.50 p.a. (U.S.A./Europe}; surface: $2.75. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.]

Unity Movement£[ South Africa (UMSA)/Afrilan People's Demo­ cratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) - UMSA founded 1943, APDUSA 1961. Leader: Dr. I. B. Tabata. U.K.: UMSA London Committee, 120 Grandison Road, London S.W. 11. Organ: APDUSA (totally banned in S.A. 6 May 1966}. U.S.: 1330 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. Representative: Zola Kobus. §[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.]

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Front fo(j the Liberation £[ Zimbabwe (FROLIZI) § ~oun ecr-T Oct. 1971 by elements from both ZAPU and ZANU. Chairman: Shelton Siwela. Tanzania: P.O. Box 4007, Dares Salaam (phone: 23676). Organ: Zimbabwe today (1971) U.K.: 10, Hadley Street, London, N.W.l. Representative: Nelson Samkange. U.S.: Executive Committee, U.S. Branch, 1112 M Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. Chairman: Essiah Zhuwarara. Zambia: c/o Mr. G. B. Nyandoro, Box R.W. 520, Lusaka. §[Not Recognized by the O.A.U.] -179-

Zimbabwe A~riaan NationaZ Union (ZANU)§ - Founde 1963. Leader:~. Ndabaningi Sithole (imprisoned s i nee 1963); Chairman, Revo 1uti onary Council: Herbert Chitepo. Tanzania: Textile House, Morogoro Road, P.O. Box 20762, Dares Salaam (phone: 29625); P.O. Box 396, Mbeya (phone: 205). U.S. 89-09 162nd Street, Jamaica, New York 11432. Representative: Njodizi Machirori & Kumbirai Kangai. Zambia: P.O. Box 2331, Lusaka. Monthly journal: Zimbabwe news (1966; totally banned in S.A. 25 March 1966). 10 ngwee per copy. §[Recognized by the o.&.u.]

Zimbabwe A~riaan PeolZes' Union (ZAPU)§ - Founde 17 Dec.961. ~tary alliance with ANC-SA announced 13 Aug. 1967. President: Joshua Nkomo (imprisoned since 1963); Acting President: James Chikerema. Tanzania: P.O. Box 20128, Dar es Salaam. U.K.: 283 Gray's Inn Road, London, W.C.l. U.S. 600 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, New York 11550. Representative: Callistus P. Ndlovu. Zambia: Publicity Bureau, P.O. Box 1657, Lusaka. Monthly letterpress magazine: Zimbabwe review. Weekly mimeod newsletter: Zimbabwe review (1966). K 7.20 or $10 p.a. by air. §[Recognized by the O.A.U.]

Conferenaia das Organizaaoes Naaionais das CoLonias Portu­ ~ (CONCP/Conferenae of Nat~onaZist Organizations of Portuguese CoZonies) -Founded 18 April 1961. Central, coordinating organi­ zation for MPLA, FRELIMO, PAIGC, and CLSTP. Presidency rotates. Current President: Samora Moises Machel. -180-

CANADA - ANC-Canadian Committee, no. 1216, 10 Grenoble Drive, Don Mills, Ontario. -Canadian Committee for Zimbabwe, Box 932, Station F, Toronto, Ontario. - Liberation Support Movement (LSM) Information Center, P.O. Box 338, Richmond, B.C. Director of Distribution: Ginger Mercer. Founded 15 Oct. 1968 "with the objective of providing concrete and meaningful support to national liberation movements ... " Furnishes medical supplies and texts, clothing, radio and printing equipment, and concentrated food to MPLA and FRELIMO. Publishes ori­ ginal interviews and documents, as well as reprints and annual "Liberation calendar"; distributes posters, stickers, phonodiscs, filmstrips, films, ANC's Sechaba ($5 p.a.), MPLA's Angola in arms ($5 p.a.), FRELIMO's Mozambique revolution ($5 p.a.), and other material. Also issues English-language version of PAIGC's Actualites ($5 p.a.) Translation of Boavida's Angola: five centuries of Portuguese exploitation now in press. Yearly subscription to all LSM-produced publications: $25. Latest catalogue sent on request. AlP, p. 210. - Project Mozambique, 208 Major Street, Toronto, Ontario.

CUBA - Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL), Apartado 4224, Havana. Founded Jan. 1966 at "Tricontinental" Conference, Havana. Bi-monthly journal (in English, Spanish, and French editions): Tricontinental magazine. $3.60 pesos, US$3.60, or F 20 p.a. Monthly journal (in English, Spanish, and French editions): Tricontinental bulletin.

FRANCE - Comite Francais Contre 1 'Apartheid, 14, rue N.D. de Lorette, Paris-9e. -181-

- Comite National de Soutien a la Lutte des Peuples des Colonies Portugaises, 6 rue Emile Dubois, Paris-14e.

GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC) - Cabora Bassa Gruppe, 6 Frankfurt-am-Main, Wolfgangstrasse 88. - Deutsches Komitee fuer Angola, Guinea-Bissau und Mocambique, 53 Bonn-Beuel, Bergweg 21. Issues English-lan.guage, mimeod newsletter. - Gruppe fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Bunsenstrasse 17, 3400 Goettingen. Offers posters plus short studies on Cabora Bassa and Apartheid. AlP, p. 176. - Informationszentrum Dritto Welt, 78 Freiburg i. Br., Lorettostrasse 20a. Newsletter (10 nos. p.a.): Blaetter des izJW. DM 20 (surface). Issues or distributes various publications (e.g., My Lai in Afrika--warwn wir gegen Cabora Basaa sind; Rassismus in Suedafrika; Wer leitet den Kampf in Angola?; Zur Theorie wu1 Pra:r:ia der Befreiungabe­ wegungen in den portugieaisahen Kolonien wu1 in Palastina) and 60 Pfg.-poster (" mordet mit NATO-Waffen in Afrika").

NETHERLANDS - Angola Comite, Da Costastraat 88, Amsterdam 1014 (phone: 020-196511). Founded 1961 by Dutch students, together with "several well-known personalities," to promote "vrijheid voor Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal." Bi-weekly, press-cutting vehicle: Faata and reports. £35.-- p.a. (surface), £60.00 (air). Also issues occasional pamphlets (e.g., 50-p. Cabora Bassa; een dam tegen de afrikanen, by S. J. Bosgra, and illustrated, 48-p. Xoffie voor Nederland, bloed van Angola, both available@ fl,25 per copy); gives "active assistance" to liberation movements in the form of money, medical supplies, and educational materials; and distributes items prepared by the Werk­ groep Zuidelijk Afrika in Groningen. -182-

- Anti-Apartheid Beweging-Nederland, Frissenstein 232, Amsterdam. · · - Nederlandse Defence and Aid Fund, Marnixkade 60 hs, Amsterdam (phone: 020-39449). Founded 1956. - Werkgroep Zuidelijk Afrika, Dorpsweg 5, Westerwijtwerd (Groningen). "Brochure voor het onderwijs," Angola wil vrij zign, available from Angola Comite@ f 1,25 per copy.

SWITZERLAND - Arbeitsgruppe 3 Welt, Postfach 1007, 3000 Bern. Issues German-language pamphlets, e.g. on the Cabora Bassa Dam Scheme and racism in Rhodesia. AlP, p. 117. - Mouvement Anti-Apartheid, Case Postale 218, 1217 Meyrin 1, Geneva. - Programme To Combat Racism, World Council of Churches, 150, route de Ferney, 1211 Geneva 20. Has issued detailed "profiles" on FRELIMO, PAIGC, ANC, and SWAPO, as well as pamphlet-studies concerning the Cabora Bassa and Cunene Dam schemes. AlP, p. 280. U.S.A. office: 475 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. 10027; West German outlet: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, c/o Herrn Claus Kemper, 6 Frankfurt-am­ Main, Bockenheimer Landstrasse 109, Postfach 17 4025.

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (U.A.R.) -Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization (AAPSO), 89, Abdel Aziz Al Saud Street, Cairo. Founded 1957 as: Organization for Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity. Secretary-General: Youssef El-Sebai. English-language monograph-series: "Afro-Asian Publi­ cations"; ·e.g., National liberation wars in the Portu­ guese eolonies (no. 31, Jan. 1970). Monthly bulletin: Afro-Asian peoples. -183-

UNITED KINGDOM (U.K.) - Afro-Asian Peoples Liberation Movement, 6 Welford Place, Off Lookhurst Lane, Coventry. Monthly organ: Resistanae. El p.a. - Agitprop Literature Programme, 248, Bethnal Green Road, London E.2. · Distributes numerous books and pamphlets; e.g. Chaliand's Armed struggle in Afriaa, Davidson's Liberation of Guine, GuerriZheiro. AlP, p. 92-5. - Anti-Apartheid Movement, 89, Charlotte Street, London WlP 2DQ. . Monthly tabloid: Anti-Apartheid news (1965; totally banned in S.A. 6 Aug. 1965). 5p per copy or 75p p.a. Memberships (including subscription): E2 p.a. (general), El (students). -Black Unity and Freedom Party, c/o 31, Belgrade Road, London N. l6. "Popular paper"; Black voiae. 5p per copy. - C011111ittee for Freedom in Mozani>fque, Angola, &Guine, 531 Caledonian Road, London N7 9RH. Bi-monthly bulletin: Gerrilheiro. 5p per copy or 40 p p.a. (SOp outside U.K.) Also distributes posters, films, Mozambique revolution (SOp p.a. in U.K., £1.60 elsewhere), and other material. Occasional pamphlets; e.g., Our people are our moun­ tains; Ami laar Cabral on the Guinean revolution ( 1972: 18p). - Dambusters Mobilising C011111ittee, c/o 89 Charlotte Street, London WlP 2DQ. - Justice for Rhodesia Campai9n, 41 Holland Park, London . Wll 3RP (phone: 01-727-3077). Chief aims: "intensify sanctions," "support African freedom." Poster & pamphlet, Rhodesia after Pearce, available @ El per 100 copies . -Liberation, 313-315 Caledonian Road, London N.l. Bi-monthly magazine: Liberation (formerly issued by , the Movement for Colonial Freedom and sub-titled 11 "Colonial freedom news"). Shs. 10/- p.a. Editor: Barbara Haq. -184-

UNITED STATES (U.S.) -Africa Research Group (ARG), P.O. Box 213, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded 1968 "to put the problems of African liberation on the map of America's political consciousness." "Publishes original research and reprints articles by African authors" (e.g. , Radical study guide to Africa@ 50¢). Also prepares "feature articles for magazines and newspapers in the U.S., Europe and Africa." Associate membership (including all ARG publications): $25 p.a. Latest checklist sent on request. AlP, p. 91-2. To be dissolved, according to a 23 June 1972 state­ ment, effective August 1972, "at which time arrange­ ments will be made for the distribution of remaining publications." Files and library to be transferred to the Black Economic Research Center (BERG}, 112 West 120th Street, New York, N.Y. 10027. - Africa Support Committee, 11 West Cremona Street, Seattle, Washington 98119. - African Activist Association, c/o African Studies Cen­ ter, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024. Quadrimonthly journal: Ufahamu (1970). Individuals: $3 (U.S. & Canada') , $4 (overseas); ins ti tuti ons: $7. - African Liberation Day Coordinating Committee, 2207 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. Founded 1972 . to commemorate the O.A.U.'s anniversary (May 25) by organizing pickets and demonstrations at South African, Portuguese, and Rhodesian offices, as well as other actions "aimed at U.S. support for racism in Southern Africa." Members include Imamu Baraka, Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, H. Rap Brown, Erika Huggins, Julian Bond, Charles Diggs, John Conyers, Angela Davis, Betty Shabazz, Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael, and Louis Stokes. - American Committee on Africa, 164 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. Founded 1953. Executive Direct6r: George M ~ Houser;·President: Peter Weiss. Prime contact and pressure group. Has published Africanists' guide to the Blat Congress; issues frequent press-releases, leaflets, and fact-sheets (e.g., "NATO and Southern Africa," "Power to the -185-

Portuguese Empire from General Electric"); conducts informational meetings; and distributes· relevant films, etc. · Periodical staff publication: ACOA notes. - Bay Area Liberation Support Movement, P.O. Box 814, Oakland, California 94604. Distribution center for LSM publications and reprints. Also, in conjunction with the Vancouver LSM Branch and ACOA, ships food, clothing, and medical supplies to MPLA and FRELIMO, as well as raising funds for the MPLA Printshop Project. · -Chicago Committee for the Liberation of Angola, . Mozam­ bique, and Guinea (CCLAMG), 2546 North Halsted, Chicago, Illinois 60614. · Works "at and through" the New World Resource Center, a bookshop handling ARG, LSM, and like materials. "Literature lists" sent on request. - Committee for a Free Mozambique, 616 West 116th Street, No. 1-A, New York, N.Y. 10016. Founded 1970 "as a support group for FRELIMO." Has issued 10-page booklet "on FRELIMO and Mozambique"; publishes monthly newsletter, CFM news and notes (no. 14 dated June 1972), organizes demonstrations at universities, Portuguese offices, and the U.N.; and distributes a FRELIMO film ("Behind the lines") plus slide-show. - Committee of Concerned Blacks, 1691 East 174th Street, Apt. 70, Bronx, New York 10472. Founded 1972 by Louise Merriweather, John Henrik Clarke, and others to urge "Afro-Americans to fight Southern African oppression at home and not by touring South Africa to lecture or entertain." -Committee of Returned Volunteers (CRV), National Office, 840 West Oakdale Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60657. Occasional pamphlets (e.g., the 67-page Luta: sti'UfJ~~e; voiaes of Afriaan liberation, 1-9 copies@ 35t each), together with a newsletter and quarterly magazine. - Corporate Information Center, Room 846, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. 10027. Publications include Churah investments, corporations, and Southern Afriaa ($2.30 by book-rate) and "briefs" ' on corporate activity in Southern Africa (e.g ~ . "Gulf­ Angola," "American Metal Climax," "Polaroid"). -186-

Monthly newsletter: Corporate examiner (March 1972 issue, e.g., summarizes Southern Africa "proxy campaigns.:) - Friends for PAIGC, African Studies Center, 100 Inter­ national Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823. - Gulf Boycott Coalition, Box 123, D.V. Station, Dayton, Ohio 45406. Poster ("Help free Angela--Boycott Gulf"@ 10¢), bumpersticker ("Help Angela win independence--boycott Gulf"@ 25¢), and various free leaflets (e.g., "Gulf Oil in Cabinda," "Brief history of Protestant missions in Angola"). - Los Angeles Liberation Day Coordinating Committee, c/o Joe Williams, 4272 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California (phone: 232-2441). Local affiliate of the African Libera­ tion Day Coordinating Committee (ALDCC), noted above. -Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa (MACSA), 306 North Brooks Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53715. "An organization of individuals in the Madison community who are concerned to publicize the conditions of colon­ ial, imperialistic, and racial oppression in Southern Africa, to offer material assistance to those peoples who are fighting against the oppression which daily confronts them, and to press for elimination of U.S. governmental and corporate support of the repressive white minority regimes ... " Conducts fund-raising campaigns, sponsors speakers "on the progress of the Southern African liberation movements," and pub 1 i shes an irregular bulletin, M.A. C.S .A. news , as well as occasional pamphlets, e.g. , Is Southern Africa Wisconsin 's business? (50¢) and South Africa and Israel (2d ed., 1971). - Marcus Garvey Institute for the Studies of African People/Afrikan Information Bureau, P.O. Box 1024, East Lansing, Michigan 48823 . Quarterly journal (often carrying PAIGC and UNITA war comminiques) Mazungumzo . Individuals: free (donation requested); organizations and institutions: $6 p.a. Editor-in-chief: Chui Karega. -187-

- Namibia Support Group, 47 Claremont Avenue, No. 22, New York, N.Y. 10027. Coalition of "people from the Southern Africa Commit­ tee, American Committee on Africa, and ... Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa ... formed 'to find ways to respond to the current situation in Namibia, where the people are demanding their freedom.'" Has issued statements backing the Ovambo strikers, sponsored a demonstration at the Newmont Mining Corp. in NYC, raised money for strikers and their families, and prepared a $1 material-packet, including a fact paper, documents concerning the trials, primary source-data from African workers, a profile of Corporation, and "action ideas." ' -Organization of South Africans in the Americas (OSAA), 2542 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10027. - Pan African Information Center, P.O. Box 2368, Stanford, California 94305. Twenty-page, bi-weekly news-clipping survey: Afriaa in arms; news notes from the liberation struggle. $5 p.a. (students}, $10 (non-students), $25 (institutions). - Pittsburgh Committee on Southern Africa, P.O. Box 8134, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217. -Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement, Box 8487, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. Newsletter accents Polaroid involvement in the South African economy and reports on liberation-movement activity. - St. Louis Committee on Africa, Box 2975, St. Louis, Missouri 63130. - Southern Africa Committee, Room 752, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. 10027. Founed 1964 "to educate people on the critical issue of racism in Southern Africa and influence opinion and policies tn favor of self-determination for all people of Southern Africa." Chairman: Ken Carstens. "Slide/tape show~ produced on "U.S. corporations in Africa" and a book currently being prepared on the same subject. Monthly "survey of news and opinion": Southern Afriaa. Libraries and related institutions: $10 p.a.; indi­ viduals: 1-10 copies @50¢ each or $3 p.a.; movement organizations: 1-10 copies @25¢ each or $7 p.a. by air.

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- Southern Africa Freedom Action Committee, ATTN: Arnold Hlatshwayo, c/o Sinclair, 306 l/2 Stocker Street, Los Angeles, California 90008.

ZAMBIA -Africa 2000, P.O. Box 3470, Lusaka (phone: 74593). Organ: Africa 2000 bulletin.

Author's acknowledgment: Special thanks go to Nancy Strawbridge (Tanganyika Library Service), Karen abu Zayd (Dept. of Political Science, M.U.K.), and Karen Fung (African collection, Hoover Institution) for furnishing rrruch valuable data.

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Sanford Berman has served in libraries in the , , Zambia, and, most recently, at Makerere Institute of Social Research, Kampala, Uganda. He is a stimulating and energetic writer and has contributed poetry, articles, letters, and reviews on a wide range of subjects to numerous journals and magazines. Among his most recent writings are "Let it aU hang out; a think-piece for Luddite librarians, 11 Library Journal, vol. 96, no. 12 (June, 1971), and Prejudices and antipathies; a tract on the Library of Congress subject heads concerning people (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1971). 249 pp. He has recently returned to the United States and is seeking new employment. He may be contacted c/o Editor, UFAHAMU.